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Jordanians are well-known for their frowns, but in recent weeks they have turned to humor to blow off steam against price hikes and a deterioration in living conditions.

The target of most jokes is Prime Minister Abdullah Nsour, whose government locals refer to as the “government of price hikes.”

This year it has approved further tax increases and subsidy cuts as part of austerity measures it promised the International Monetary Fund to help lift the country out of its economic malaise. Those hikes have touched on everyday essentials, from mobile phones, to fuel, to electricity bills and clothes. Read More »